Many asked, now Feral Interactive have answered. Rise of the Tomb Raider [Steam] is officially on the way to Linux! What a fantastic way to start a Tuesday with news like this! It still amazes me to this day that Linux will have games like this, very happy with the news!
Feral aren't saying exactly when it will arrive, but they had a tweet out that said "This Winter" which has since been deleted (Edit: replaced with this one). You can see the official confirmation on their official site which now says "This spring", so it could be here sometime between March and late June.
The advantage of getting a game later than Windows, is we get the 20 Year Celebration edition which has all the DLC.
For those wondering, it will indeed use Vulkan on Linux! This is confirmed at the bottom of the Features page on the mini-site.
Here's the trailer Feral put up:
Direct Link
The game has been loved by reviewers and users alike, so it looks like it will be a solid hit for Linux gamers after more Lara. It takes the first game and makes nearly all aspects of it bigger and better than before, including more actual Tombs.
It seems this is the game that has replaced the previous Linux port teaser of "O VAIN ILLUSION OF GLORY AND GRANDEUR" that was put up back in October of last year. We still have to discover the game behind the "It's just a shot away" teaser that was put up in January, so there's more on the way remember!
Are you hyped? Let us know in the comments.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
natewardawg Feb 13, 2018
Now I'm curious. IIRC, RoTR has DX12 support. Did Feral use that basis for their port to Vulkan or did they go for DX11 translation they already had working.I'd like to know too. Would be interesting to know which is better/easier for Feral.
Is the DX12 version better than DX11 on windows?
natewardawg Feb 13, 2018
Woohoo!
Now I'm curious. IIRC, RoTR has DX12 support. Did Feral use that basis for their port to Vulkan or did they go for DX11 translation they already had working.I'd like to know too. Would be interesting to know which is better/easier for Feral.
Is the DX12 version better than DX11 on windows?
If they never state otherwise, I'm quite sure this will be obvious once the benchmarks start rolling in :)
jasondaigo Feb 13, 2018
Mohandevir Feb 13, 2018
Still, I will probably buy it again for my kids, when they are old enough...
nattydread Feb 13, 2018
I wonder if it will have the VR level?
walther von stolzing Feb 13, 2018
Avehicle7887 Feb 13, 2018
*Dummy ... DRM ....
Considering the Windows version is still plagued with Denuvo I don't see this happening anytime soon.
Previous titles that have Denuvo that feral have done have not had it for the linux port
I don't want to rub people the wrong way with this, however until Square Enix decides to release on GOG I can't support Feral's work. Considering the Windows version is still plagued with Denuvo I don't see this happening anytime soon.
Denuvo doesn't support Linux. Fortunately that shit isn't a problem for us!
This game is a instabuy for me. I really liked the TR2013 even though it didn't feel like the old ones, but still an excellent game!
Last edited by x_wing on 13 February 2018 at 3:39 pm UTC
I wonder if it will have the VR level?
I would be interested in that too, as I've seen the VR support of Rise of the Tomb Rider on the steam store. Vulkan should be a good base for VR support. How cool would that be, if that gets also ported?
Last edited by Corben on 13 February 2018 at 3:48 pm UTC
It's great they are bringing big games to Linux. But it's 2 years old now.
I feel they need to port some thing a bit more relevant to now, like Fortnite. IMO.
Talk to EPIC. Unreal Engine supports Linux and so does Battleye (anti-cheat found in fortnite and the reason it no longer works in WINE). There's literally no reason for fortnite not to exist on Linux other than EPIC not wanting it to be.
Last edited by drlamb on 13 February 2018 at 4:31 pm UTC
It's great they are bringing big games to Linux. But it's 2 years old now.
I feel they need to port some thing a bit more relevant to now, like Fortnite. IMO.
Talk to EPIC. Unreal Engine supports Linux and so does Battleye (anti-cheat found in fortnite). There's literally no reason for fortnite not to exist on Linux other than EPIC not wanting it to be.
^^^^ This
It's not as if it would be hard for them to do either, Being it's their engine :(
Dankrat169 Feb 13, 2018
I wasn't talking specifically about fortnite really, just meant games that are "the now".
Top 10 on Twitch would be a good example.
ROTR likely got delayed due to Microsoft's exclusivity, but on the whole I'd love to see the "latest" games on Linux too. It's just not that simple. The decision doesn't lie with Feral (meaning they can't just start porting Skyrim for example), it starts higher up. Developers/Publishers need to want their game on Linux.
That being said, I'm grateful for Square Enix and their allowance of Hitman + TR and others.
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